At approximately 03:15, an
Israeli tank positioned at the Palestinian-Egyptian border, south of Rafah,
opened fired at Palestinian houses in al-Salam neighborhood adjacent to the
border.Sami 'Ouda 'Abdul 'Aal, 25, and
his bother Zakaria, 27, mounted the roof of the first floor of their
three-story building, that is under construction, approximately 800m away from
the border, to check what was going on.'Abdul al-'Aal was killed by a live bullet in the heart.At approximately 22:00,
Israeli occupying forces in military locations in the vicinity of "Neve
Dekalim" settlement, west of Khan Yunis, shelled Palestinian housesin al-Nimsawi neighborhood
and Khan Yunis refugee camp.A number of
artillery shells hit houses ad civilian facilities wounding six Palestinian
civilians:1.Khaled 'Ata Hasan al-Shurafa, 20, wounded by shrapnel
in the chest;2.Mohammed 'Ata Hassan al-Shurafa, 21, wounded by
shrapnel in the right arm and foot;3.Ra'fat Fayez Jaber Abu Hadayed, 17, wounded by
shrapnel in the chest and the shoulder;4.Mirvat Suleiman Abu Hadayed, 25, wounded by shrapnel
in the right arm; 5.Ahmed Mohammed Abu Hadayed, 9, wounded by shrapnel in
the left arm; and6.Hassan Hassan Hussein Shamia, 64, sustained burns by
from flare that hit his house.In addition, a number of
houses and civilian facilities, including some which are located more than 600m
away from the aforementioned settlement, were damaged.At approximately 08:00, a number of children in the central Gaza Strip gathered approximately 400m east of an Israeli military location at al-Shuhada' junction, south of Gaza City. They threw stones at Israeli soldiers, who responded by firing at the stone throwers, seriously wounding 18-year-old Mohammed Mosa'ed Abu 'Ajwa with a live bullet in the head. He was evacuated to hospital, but succumbed to his wounded two hours later. Also at approximately 08:00, Israeli occupying forces in military locations in the vicinity of "Nissanit" settlement fired at a number of school children who gathered approximately 700m south of the aforementioned settlement and threw stones at Israeli soldiers. Ten children were wounded:1. Tha'er 'Obeid, 14, wounded by two live bullets in the right hand and leg;2. Jihad Joma'a 'Aabed, 15, wounded by a live bullet in the left thigh;3. Ahmed Fathi Abu Jasser, 16, wounded by a live bullet in the left thigh;4. Wajdi 'Ayash Subeih, 10, wounded by a live bullet in the right knee;5. Hassan Isma'il al-'Athamna, 13, wounded by a live bullet in the right foot;6. Hani Mohammed Hassan, 8, wounded by a rubber-coated metal bullet in the head;7. Hisham Zhaher, 12, wounded by a rubber-coated metal bullet in the left foot;8. Yousef Shawqi Na'im, 12, sustained a fracture in the right hand while escaping;9. Ahmed Jihad Zaghir, 16, wounded by a rubber-coated metal bullet in the left leg; and10. Mohammed Yousef al-Dahnoun, 13, sustained bruises in the left arm. In addition, 21 children suffered from tear gas inhalation. Israeli soldiers also arrested and interrogated Nabil Samih Abu Dayeh, 31, a camera man of Palestine Television, for several hours. They destroyed his camera. At approximately 10:00, Israeli soldiers in military jeeps positioned outside "Gani Tal" settlement, northwest of Khan Yunis, fired at a number of school children who gathered in al-Amal neighborhood and threw stones at the soldiers, after a peaceful march that was organized on the second anniversary of the al-Aqsa Intifada. Two children were wounded:1. Khader Isma'il Kahder al-'Alami, 14, wounded by a live bullet in the abdomen; and2. Haitham Fawzi Mahmoud Khalafallah, 16, wounded by a live bullet in the left thigh. At approximately 12:00, a number of school children threw stones at Israeli occupying soldiers positioned in military locations in the vicinity of "Neve Dekalim" settlement, west of Khan Yunis. Ahmed Mohammed 'Ouda Abu Zaher, 16, was wounded by a rubber-coated metal bullet in the face. At approximately 17:00, Israeli occupying forces in military locations in the vicinity of "Gani Tal" settlement, northwest of Khan Yunis, fired at a number of children who gathered in al-Amal neighborhood and threw stones at the soldiers. Two children and a man were wounded:1. Jihad Khalil Ibrahim Abu Jarad, 15, seriously wounded by a live bullet in the abdomen;2. 'Eissa Zaher Ahmed Shurrab, 13, wounded by a live bullet in the right foot; and3. 'Arafat Mohammed Mousa Abu Mustafa, 23, who is suffering from psychological disturbances, wounded by a live bullet in the left thigh

At approximately 01:00,
Israeli occupying forces, reinforced with heavy military vehicles and supported
by acombat
helicopter, moved approximately 200m into Bisharat neighborhood in Deir
al-Balah.They indiscriminately shelled
Palestinian houses, wounding six civilians who were sleeping in their
homes.Israeli soldiers raided and
searched houses and arrested six Palestinians, who were taken to an Israeli
military location east of al-Qarara, where they were interrogated for 12 hours
and then released.Upon their withdrawal
from the area, at approximately 05:00, Israeli forces demolished fences of two
houses owned by Ahmed Yousef Barghouth and Humeid al-Fallit.Those wounded were:1.Adam Mohammed al-Buheisi, 26, wounded by a live
bullet in the buttocks;2.Nahidh Tawfiq Abu Yousef, 22, wounded by a live
bullet in the abdomen;3.Ra'ed Fathi 'Afana, 27, wounded by a live bullet in
the right foot;4.Hassan Salem al-Hassanat, 37, wounded by shrapnel in
the back;5.Bassam Ibrahim al-Masharfa, 26, wounded by shrapnel
in the abdomen; and6.'Abdul Qader Hassan Abu Dan,
wounded by shrapnel in the neck.At approximately 13:40,
Israeli occupying forces surrounded the house of Jamal Helmi Yaghmour, 49, in
Farsh al-Hawa area in the northwest of Hebron.They called on residents of the house through loudspeakers to leave it,
but the owner's son Mohammed, 20, attempted to escape.Immediately, Israeli soldiers shot him dead
from a distance of less than 20m with several live bullets in the chest, the
back, the abdomen and the legs.They did
not resort to less lethal means.The man
was a university student.At approximately 14:00,
Israeli occupying forces, reinforced with heavy military vehicles, moved into
Jenin.They opened fired at passing
Palestinian civilians, wounding 20-year-old Khalil Mahmoud Qassem Fureihat with
a live bullet in the right leg.At approximately 21:00,
Israeli occupying forces moved into Jenin.They raided al-Zahraa' neighborhood.A number of Palestinian resistance men confronted the invading Israeli forces.Suleiman Ibrahim Dhib 'Aamer, 22, was seriously
wounded by a live bullet that entered the abdomen and exited through the back.At approximately 14:00, Israeli occupying forces in military locations in the vicinity of "Neve Dekalim" settlement, west of Khan Yunis, fired live ammunition and tear gas canisters at dozens of Palestinian children who threw stones at them after the funeral procession of 'Abdul Rahim Isma'il Hamdan who was killed earlier by Israeli forces. As a result, Mohammed Fakhri Ahmed Abu Tiour, 12, was wounded by a live bullet in the back, and a number of children suffered from tear gas inhalation.

In the morning, in an apparent
willful killing, an undercover unit of Israeli occupying forces shot dead a
Palestinian civilian in Jenin, after moving into the town to arrest two
allegedly wanted Palestinians.According
to information available for PCHR, at approximately 02:45, two civilian cars
that have Palestinian license plates moved into the center of Jenin.A number of gunmen in civilian uniform were
traveling in the two cars.The gunmen
were members of an Israeli undercover unit known as al-Musta'reboun
(Arabanizers). They raided a building
belonging to the Catholic Church in the north of the town and arrested Khader
Tawfiq Eghbaria, 48, and his son Majdi, 22.Upon their withdrawal, Israeli soldiers shot dead 51-year-old Mahmoud
'Aaref Hassis with a live bullet in the chest while he was looking through his
window to check what was going on.At approximately 06:30,
after an armed clash between a Palestinian gunman and Israeli occupying forces
positioned in military locations in the vicinity of "Elli Sinai" and
"Nissanit" settlements, north of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza
Strip, in which the gunman was killed, Israeli occupying forces, covered by
intense shelling, moved approximately 1500m into Beit Lahia.Soon, they searched the adjacent Palestinian
agricultural land.They arrested six
Palestinian farmers and moved them to Erez industrial zone north of Beit
Hanoun.They interrogated them until
22:00 and then released them.Israeli
forces also razed a 15-donum area of agricultural land planted with guavas,
figs and pomegranates, destroyed an irrigation network and damaged a 5-donum
area of agricultural land planted with vegetables owned by Ramadan, Mohammed,
Ibrahim, Fatema and Rasmia Khader Ibrahim Salman. At approximately 10:00,
while 1-year-old Gharam Mohammed Ibrahim Mannaa', from al-Zhairia village,
south of Hebron, was with her grandmother in Bab al-Zawia area in the
center of the town, Israeli occupying forces raided the area in order to impose
a curfew.They fired live ammunition and
tear gas canisters at passing Palestinian civilians.The infant inhaled large amounts of tear
gas.She died on the way to
hospital.At approximately 11:00,
Israeli occupying forces, reinforced with heavy military vehicles and covered
by intense shelling, moved approximately 2 km into the east of Beit Hanoun in
the northern Gaza Strip.They surrounded
a 480-square-meter, two-story house owned by Nasser Ahmed 'Abdul Hadi
al-Za'anin.They forced the family out
and demolished the house over its contents.They also demolished a 1000-square-meter bird farm and razed a 2-donum
area of agricultural land planted by olives and figs adjacent to the
house.According to al-Za'anin, he lost
some money and gold.Israeli occupying
forces also razed large areas of agricultural land.At approximately 23:15, Israeli occupying forces in military locations in the vicinity of "Netser Hazani" settlement, northwest of Khan Yunis, opened fire at Palestinian houses in al-Satar al-Gharbi area in the north of the town. Ten minutes later, Israeli soldiers fired an artillery shell at an electricity tower adjacent to the house of Mohammed Salem Joma'a Abu Shabab, in which 12 persons live, approximately 200m southeast of the settlement. As the shell exploded the asbestos roof of the house was hit and destroyed.

A New Assassination AttemptOn Thursday, Israeli occupying forces
carried out a failed assassination attempt that targeted Mohammed al-Dheif, 39,
from Khan Yunis, whom Israeli occupying forces claim is the leader of the
military wing of Hamas in the Gaza Strip. According to PCHR's
investigation and eyewitnesses' testimonies, at approximately 14:00, Mohammed
al-Dheif left a consolation house of Bahaa' Abu Sultan in Sheikh Radwan
neighborhood in Gaza City.He traveled
in a green Mercedes with two of his guards.When the car arrived at the crowded crossroads of al-Jalaa' Street and
al-Nasser Street, two Israeli combat helicopters fired two missiles at it.The car was destroyed and the two guards were
killed:1.'Abdul Rahim Isma'il Hamdan,
40, from Khan Yunis; and2.'Eissa 'Ateya Salem Baraka,
35, from Khan Yunis.Al-Dheif was wounded.He was able to get out of the car before the
first missile was launched.In addition,
another car that was traveling behind the targeted car was hit by shrapnel and
its driver 'Alaa' Hassan Ibrahim Abu Ghalioun was wounded.Forty passing civilians, including 10 school
children, were wounded.A number of
houses and civilian facilities were also damaged:1.A 200-square-meter, three-story house, in which 20
persons live, owned by Mohammed 'Abdul Fattah Mahmoud Hammouda, who was also wounded;2.A 200-square-meter, three-story house, in which 30
persons live, owned by 'Adnan Hussein Ibrahim Madhi;3.A 240-square-meter, three-story house, in which 28
persons live, owned by Maher 'Ali Ibrahim Hassouna;4.A 120-square-meter, two-story house, in which 8
persons live, owned by Hassan Mohammed al-Farram; and5.A pharmacy owned by Maher Jamil 'Abdul Rahim
al-Sahhar.Israeli security sources
admitted that the operation aimed at assassinating Mohammed al-Dheif and that
he was traveling in the targeted car and was wounded and lost one of his
eyes.The same sources considered the survival
of al-Dhief as "a bad luck" rather than a failure.Al-Deif has previously been
subjected to assassination attempts by Israeli occupying forces, the latest on
22 August 2001, when an Israeli combat helicopter attacked a car in which he
was traveling with Yahia al-Ghoul, 40, wanted by Israeli forces, in al-Boreij
in the central Gaza Strip.Al-Ghoul's
son was killed.This is not the first
time that Israeli occupying forces had carried out assassination attempts in
civilian populated area.Israeli F-16
fighter jets attacked a residential area in Gaza in July in an assassination
attempt that targeted Sheikh Salah Shehada, whom Israeli occupying forces
described as the leader of the military wing of Hamas.12 civilians were confirmed killed.The Israeli Chief of Staff Moshe Ya'alon
admitted that he gave orders to carry out that assassination, although he knew
that Shehada's wife and daughter were accompanying him.

At approximately 09:15, Israeli occupying forces started
demolishing a number of buildings and razing areas of agricultural land in the
south of Gaza City.Two Israeli armored
military bulldozers, accompanied by a number of tanks, demolished three houses
of the family of al-Weheidi.Residents
of those houses left them about one year ago due to danger imposed on the area
by Israeli occupying forces.They also
razed areas of agricultural land and a well and demolished a grocery shop and a
bookshop.This operation continued until
the afternoon.The family of al-Weheidi has also three inhabited houses
in the area.Residents of those houses
face difficulties in reaching their houses.They are also subjected to danger imposed by the nearby
"Netzarim" settlement. At approximately 05:00, Israeli occupying forces, reinforced with heavy military vehicles, surrounded a 200-square-meter, one-story house, in which two families comprised of 10 persons used to live, owned by Dhiab 'Abdul Rahim Shweikiin 'Eissi neighborhood in Hebron. They forced the family out and destroyed the house. Upon their withdrawal from the area, Israeli forces arrested Shwieki's brother Ussama, 24, and 'Emad, 20. Israeli occupying forces claim that Shwieki is a member of the Islamic Jihad. He was subjected to a failed assassination attempt carried out by Israeli occupying forces earlier this year. At approximately 06:00, Israeli occupying forces, reinforced with heavy military vehicles, surrounded a 170-square-meter, three-story house, in which three families comprised of 15 persons used to live, owned by Mahmoud Talab 'Amru in Dura village near Hebron. They forced the families out without allowing them to evacuate their furniture and destroyed the house. Israeli occupying forces claim that one of the owner's sons, detained by them for several months, had carried out resistance activities. At approximately 11:00, Israeli occupying forces surrounded a 300-square-meter, one-story house, in which three persons used to live, owned by 'Abdul Khaliq Hassan al-Shathli al-Natsha in Hebron. They forced the family out without allowing them to evacuate their furniture and destroyed the house. Israeli occupying forces claim that al-Natsha, detained by them since 28 August 2002, is the leader of Hamas in Hebron. Al-Natsha was director of the Islamic Charitable Society.

At approximately 09:00,
dozens of Palestinian children threw stones at Israeli soldiers in a military
location near Beit Hanoun crossing in the northern Gaza Strip.Israeli soldiers fired at the children,
wounding 9:1.Shadi Mohammed Abu al-Qumsan, 15, wounded by a
rubber-coated metal bullet in the back;2.Hussam Abu Marasa, 14, wounded by a live bullet in
the face;3.Mohammed Mousa, 16, wounded by a live bullet in the
pelvis;4.Mohammed Na'im al-Shinnawi, 14, wounded by two live
bullets in the right hand and leg;5.Mohammed al-Hawajri, 12, wounded by a rubber-coated
metal bullet in the left knee;6.Yassin Abu Jalhoum, 14, wounded by a live bullet in
the left foot;7.'Ali Salem, 15, wounded by a rubber-coated metal
bullet in the right hand; 8.Sami al-Madhoun, 17, wounded by shrapnel from a live
bullet in the right hand; and9.'Ammar 'Edwan, 16, wounded by a live bullet in the
right arm.At the same time, dozens of
Palestinian school children from the central Gaza Strip threw stones at Israeli
occupying soldiers in military locations in the vicinity of "Kfar Darom"
settlement, east of Deir al-Balah.Israeli soldiers fired at the children wounding 4:1.Hammouda Nabli Mousa al-Hamarna, 16, seriously
wounded by a live bullet in the chest;2.Mohye al-Din Samir Matar, 17, wounded by a live
bullet in the head;3.'Ali 'Abdul Rahman al-'Athamna, 18, wounded by a live
bullet in the right thigh; and4.Saleh Hassan al-Ustath, 13, wounded by a
rubber-coated metal bullet in the right foot

At approximately 17:30, three Israeli military jeeps
took position outside “Gani Tal” settlement, northwest of Khan Yunis.Soon, dozens of Palestinian children gathered
in the adjacent al-Amal neighborhood and threw stones at Israeli soldiers.Immediately, Israeli soldiers fired at the
stone throwers, wounding two:1.‘Abdul Rahman ‘Abdullah Mahmoud
al-Faqa’awi, 16, wounded by a live bullet in the right foot; and2.Ahmed Mahmoud Isma’il Sobeh,
17, wounded by a live bullet in the right foot.At approximately 17:45, Israeli occupying forces,
reinforced with heavy military vehicles, moved approximately 200m into
al-Rabwat area in the northwest of Khan Yunis.Soon, Israeli soldiers searched greenhouses and a facility of Khan Yunis
Municipality.They also arrested Moudsa
Hammad al-Jallad, a handicapped farmer who works in one of the
greenhouses.They took him to the nearby
“Gani Tal” settlement.During this
incursion, Israeli heavy military vehicles damaged a 2-donum area of
agricultural land planted with vegetables and its irrigation network, owned by
Ahmed Nabil al-Agha.Late at night, 9
Palestinians, including a 14-year-old child, were killed and 20 civilians were
wounded when Israeli occupying forces invaded the eastern residential areas in
Gaza City. According to PCHR's investigation, at approximately 23:30 on
Monday, 23 September 2002, more than 90 Israeli heavy military vehicles,
covered by intense shelling and supported by combat helicopters, invaded
al-Shojaeya neighborhood in the eastern part of Gaza City. They moved
into the neighborhood up to the main road, Salah al-Din Street, and the edge of
al-Zaytoun neighborhood in the south of the city. Besides killing 9 Palestinians,
7 of whom were civilians, and wounding 20 civilians by indiscriminate shelling,
the Israeli forces also destroyed a number of workshops and houses.During the incursion an
Israeli heavy military vehicle fired two artillery shells at a 200-square-meter,
two-story uninhabited house in al-Shojaeya neighborhood owned by Fathi Rabah
Sa'id Farahat, father of Mohammed Faraht, who carried out an armed attack
against "Etsmona" settlement in the southern Gaza Strip on 7 March
2002. Farahat and a number of settlers were killed in the attack.
The house was partially destroyed. In a previous retaliatory operation
following the armed attack carried out by Farahat, Israeli occupying forces
invaded Khuza'a village, east of Khan Yunis, on 8 March 2002, killing 16
Palestinians, mostly civilians, and wounding dozens. During this latest
invasion, Israeli occupying forces destroyed a number of workshops, including a
workshop for agricultural tools maintenance owned by Ahmed Hassan Maqat.
An adjacent workshop was severely damaged. PCHR's field officers also reports
that dozens of houses were severely damaged. Israeli heavy military
vehicles destroyed walls of a number of houses while moving into narrow alleys
in al-Shojaeya neighborhood. Electricity, water, telephone and sewage
networks in the neighborhood were also
destroyed. According to medical
sources at Shifa Hospital in Gaza, those killed were:1.Walid
Hisham al-Mughanni, 14;2.Eihab Hisham al-Mughanni, 21;3.Nidal Isma'il al-Sarsak, 27;4.Ashraf
Salim Zowayed, 25;5.'Aadel
'Atallah al-Dhib, 32;6.Khaled
'Aatallah al-Dib, 34;7.Jaber
'Abdulah al-Harazin, 40;8.Mohammed
Mahmoud Kashku, 45; and9.Yassin
Nayef Nassar, 50. * A number of houses were severely damaged by the
Israeli shelling:1.Two artillery shells hit a
200-square-meter, two-story house, in which 11 persons live, owned by Fathi
Rabah Sa'id Farahat, severely damaging it and destroying its western façade. 2.An artillery shell hit a
150-square-meter, two-story house, in which 14 persons live, owned by Nizar
Hammad Dhib Farahat, severely damaging it.3.An artillery shell hit a
250-square-meter, two-story house, the first floor of which serves as a store
of clothes, owned by Salim Ahmed Hajjaj.The store was burnt.4.An artillery shell hit a
170-square-meter, two-story house, the first floor of which serves as a
kindergarten, owned by Jamal 'Abdullah Isma'il Shehada.The first floor was damaged and furniture of
the kindergarten was destroyed.Israeli
forces also raided and searched the house.5.An artillery shell hit a
150-square-meter, four-story house, in which five families comprised of 30
persons live, owned by Rashad Rajab Mohammed Shahin.The fence of the house was severely damaged.The house was also hit by many live
bullets.Israeli tanks and armored military bulldozers also
destroyed external walls of a number of houses while moving into narrow alleys.A number of civilian facilities were also destroyed by
Israeli forces.At approximately 02:30, Israeli occupying forces, reinforced with heavy military vehicles, moved into Beit Wazan village, west of Nablus. They surrounded a 150-square-meter, two-story house, in which 10 persons used to live, owned by 'Abdul Rahman Mohammed Khalil Abu 'Eisha, 48, and forced his family out, without allowing them to save the furniture. Then, Israeli soldiers planted bombs in the house and destroyed it. Abu 'Eisha is father of Safwan Abu 'Eisha who carried out a bombing in Tel Aviv on 25 January 2002. An adjacent house owned by Mahmoud Yousef Abu 'Eisha was severely damaged.

At approximately 08:00, a
number of Palestinian school children threw stones at Israeli occupying
soldiers positioned near Beit Hanoun crossing in the northern Gaza Strip.Israeli soldiers fired at the children,
wounding 8:1.Ra'ed Zaqqout, 13, wounded by a live bullet in the
back;2.Ibrahim Abu Jasser, 16, wounded by a live bullet in
the left knee;3.Tariq Ziad Dawas, 16, wounded by a live bullet in the
left leg;4.Mahmoud al-Sabbagh, 15, wounded by shrapnel in the
right hand;5.Ahmed Hatem al-Kafarna, 18, wounded by a
rubber-coated metal bullet in the head;6.Muhannad Abu Nahel, 16, wounded by a rubber-coated
metal bullet in the left hand;7.Mohammed Manour Abu Mashi, 13, wounded by a rubber-coated
metal bullet in the left thigh; and8.Ibrahim Badwan, 16, wounded by a rubber-coated metal
bullet in the left thigh.At approximately 16:45,
three Israeli military jeeps took position outside "Gani Tal"
settlement, northwest of Khan Yunis, opposite to a number of Palestinian
children who were playing football in al-Amal neighborhood in the west of the
town.The children gathered and threw
stones at the jeeps.Immediately,
Israeli soldiers fired at the children, wounding two:1.Ahmed 'Abdul Rahman Hussein al-Majaida, 16,
critically wounded by a live bullet in the abdomen that entered the stomach;
and2.Hassan Hisham Abbu Shammala, 16, wounded by a
rubber-coated metal bullet in the left foot.A PCHR field officer
reports that Israeli occupying forces took position outside the aforementioned
settlement opposite to areas where Palestinian children play.Clashes erupted and Israeli forces fired at
the children more than once.

At approximately 09:00,
Israeli occupying soldiers in military locations in the vicinity of "Kfar
Darom" settlement, east of Deir al-Balah, fired live ammunition,
rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas canisters at dozens of Palestinian
children who gathered approximately 400m north of the settlement and threw
stones at Israeli soldiers.During the
clashes that continued until 16:30, three Palestinian children were wounded:1.Tha'er Mohammed Mansour, 14, wounded by a live bullet
in the left thigh;2.Mohammed 'Eissa Nassar, 15, wounded by a
rubber-coated metal bullet in the head; and3.Ahmed Isma'il al-Kuurd, 16, wounded by a
rubber-coated metal bullet in the forehead.A Newly Born Infant Dies Due to Obstruction of Her Evacuation to Hospital by Israeli Occupying Force On Monday morning, 23 September 2002, medical sources at al-Muhtasseb Hospital in Hebron declared that Rawan Murad 'Eissa Hureizat from Yatta village south of Hebron, who was born three days earlier, died after Israeli occupying forces obstructed her evacuation to hospital. According to information available for PCHR, on Sunday evening, 22 September 2002, the aforementioned infant was sick. Her family took her to a physician at Zhaher Hospital in Yatta village. After the medical check, the physician decided to transfer her to al-Muhtasseb Hospital in Hebron. On the following day morning, the family began traveling to the hospital. When they arrived at the entrance of the village, they were not able to cross Israeli military checkpoints, and had to resort to alternative roads, which took them much longer time. When they arrived in Hebron, Israeli occupying forces in Abu Sneineh neighborhood denied them passage. Again they resorted to alternative roads and were eventually able to reach hospital, but during this long journey, the infant died. According to medical sources at al-Muhtasseb Hospital, the infant was brought dead to hospital at approximately 08:30 on Monday, 23 September 2002, and the obstruction of her access to hospital prevented saving her life.

Early in the morning, Israeli occupying soldiers on
tanks that were patrolling in the streets of Palestinian towns, over which they
had already seized complete control, opened fire at Palestinian civilians who
marched in the streets expressing solidarity with the Palestinian President
Yasser Arafat who had been under Israeli military siege in his compound in
Ramallah since Thursday, 19 September 2002.At approximately 01:00, dozens of thousands of Palestinian civilians
went out of their houses throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and walked in
peaceful marches expressing their solidarity with President Arafat.Immediately, Israeli occupying forces opened
fire at them, without resorting to less lethal means to disperse them.Four Palestinian civilians, including a
journalist, were killed by the Israeli gunfire.According to information available for PCHR, hundreds of
Palestinian civilians went out of their houses in Ramallah and al-Bireh.They marched towards al-Manara square in the
center of Ramallah.Immediately, Israeli
occupying forces opened fire at them.A
Palestinian civilian and a journalist of Sawt Falastin (Voice of
Palestine) radio station, were killed and 16 others were wounded by live
ammunition and rubber-coated metal bullets.Those killed were:1.‘Eissa ‘Abdul Hafez Isma’il
Hureish, 28, from Bitounia, shot by a live bullet in the chest; and2.‘Essam Mithqal Hamza al-Talawi,
30, from Bitounia, a journalist of Voice of Palestine, shot by a live bullet in
the head.With al-Talawi’s death, the number of journalists killed
by Israeli occupying forces since the beginning of the Intifada mounted to six,
five Palestinian journalists and one Italian.In Nablus and its refugee camps, hundreds of Palestinian
civilians left their houses and walked in peaceful marches.Immediately, Israeli occupying forces opened
fire at them, seriously wounding 19-year-old Riad Maher ‘Ayad al-Hashash, from
Balata refugee camp, with a live bullet in the head.Al-Hashash bled to death as Israeli forces
denied access of ambulances to the camp to evacuate him to hospital.In addition, Mahmoud Miqdad Mohammed
al-Khatib, 17, also from Balata refugee camp, was seriously wounded by two live
bullets in the neck and the shoulder.An
ambulance of Palestine Red Crescent Society was able to evacuate him, but
Israeli forces stopped the ambulance and arrested him.He was taken bleeding to an unknown
destination.In Tulkarm, Israeli occupying forces opened fire at
Palestinian demonstrators who gathered in Jaffa Street in the center of the
town.Ahmed Mahmoud Mohammed Radwan, 18,
was seriously wounded by a live bullet in the head, which caused a fracture in
the skull.He was evacuated to hospital
where he was pronounced clinically dead.Few hours later, he was pronounced dead.At approximately 03:00, Israeli occupying forces moved
into Jenin.They raided the house of
Rebhi Mohammed Mahmoud Abu Moweis, 48, a trader, in the center of the
town.They searched the house and a shop
owned by Abu Moweis.Then, they took him
to al-Bassatin neighborhood, where he has a 360-square-meter, two-story house
still under construction. The first floor served as a commercial store of
agricultural fertilizers and animal feeds.They searched the house and the store, and forced Abu Moweis to give
them his keys.Then, they ordered him to
go back home.At approximately 06:00,
Israeli soldiers planted bombs in the building and destroyed it
completely.At approximately 06:00, Israeli occupying forces,
reinforced with heavy military vehicles, moved approximately 300m into
Palestinian areas north of “Kfar Darom” settlement, east of Deir al-Balah.They razed areas of Palestinian agricultural
land.At approximately 09:00, Palestinian civilians and school children demonstrated in Dura village, west of Hebron. Israeli occupying soldiers on tanks and armored personnel carriers fired at the demonstrators, wounding 13-year-old Ahmed Yasser al-Sharha with a rubber-coated metal bullet. In addition, a number of demonstrators suffered from tear gas inhalation used against them by Israeli forces. At approximately 10:00, Palestinian civilians in Nablus broke the curfew imposed on the city to organize a peaceful march in solidarity with President Arafat. As soon as they began to gather in Ras al-‘Ein neighborhood, Israeli occupying forces raided the area and opened fire at those civilians. Bahaa’ Sa’di al-Bahash, 13, was seriously wounded by a live bullet in the chest. He succumbed to his wound upon arrival at hospital.

At approximately 06:00, Israeli occupying forces moved
into al-Fara’a refugee camp, east of Jenin.They erected a military roadblock at its entrance.Israeli soldiers stopped a civilian car and
arrested two Palestinian men.At approximately 11:00, an undercover unit of Israeli
occupying forces stole into Qabatya village, southeast of Jenin.They raided an animal feed shop in the
western part of the village, owned by Faisal Ibrahim ‘Abdul Rahman Saba’na, 39,
and arrested him.Soon, three armored
personnel carriers and a military jeep arrived at the area, and Saba’na was
taken on an armored personnel carrier to an unknown destination.At approximately 11:15, Israeli tanks positioned at the
Palestinian-Egyptian border, south of Rafah, opened fire at Palestinian houses
in the vicinity of Salah al-Din Gate, adjacent to the border.Tariq Ahmed al-Sharqawi, 12, was wounded by
shrapnel in the left arm.At approximately 17:00, Israeli tanks positioned west of
Rafah opened fire at Palestinian houses in Tal al-Sultan neighborhood in the
southwest of the town.Ibrahim Khalil
Mousa, 20, was wounded by a live bullet in the left thigh.Three hours later, Israeli tanks positioned at the
Palestinian-Egyptian border, south of Rafah, opened fire at Palestinian houses
in Block J in Rafah refugee camp.Two
Palestinian children were wounded:1.Dana Ibrahim Timraz, 5, wounded
by shrapnel in the right carpus; and2.Zuhair Jamal al-Moghayar, 16,
wounded by shrapnel in the head.At approximately 21:00, Israeli occupying forces in
military locations in the vicinity of “Gani Tal” settlement, northwest of Khan
Yunis, opened fire for no apparent reason at Palestinian residential areas and
agricultural land in al-Amal neighborhood and al-Rabwat area in the northwest
of the town.A number of houses were
damaged.At approximately 01:00, Israeli occupying forces, reinforced with heavy military vehicles, moved into Qalqilya. They surrounded the house of the family of Anas Banan Abu ‘Olba and demolished it. Then, they demolished the house of the family of Nasser ‘Abdul Fattah Nazzal. Two adjacent flats owned by the family and a carpentry workshop were also severely damaged. At approximately 02:00, Israeli occupying forces, reinforced with heavy military vehicles, moved into Qabatya village, southeast of Jenin, and imposed a curfew. They surrounded the house of Hamza Mohammed Khalil Abu al-Rub, 35, and forced his wife and seven children out. Then, they demolished the 100-square-meter house. Israeli occupying forces say that Abu al-Rub is wanted by them for his activities in the Intifada.

At approximately 16:00, Israeli occupying forces at the
Palestinian-Egyptian border, south of Rafah, opened fire at Palestinian houses
in the vicinity of Salah al-Din Gate adjacent to the border.Three Palestinian civilians were wounded:1.Fatema Dhib Shaqfa, 60,
seriously wounded by two live bullets in the abdomen and the leftthigh;2.Naji Shehada Abu Lebda, 32,
wounded by a live bullet in the right arm;3.Yousef Hamed Bahloul, 65,
wounded by shrapnel in the right knee.He was also wounded on the previous day while he was in his fuel station
in the area.Half an hour later, four Israeli combat helicopters
indiscriminately shelled Block K and J in Rafah refugee camp, adjacent to the
Palestinian-Egyptian border, while Israeli heavy military vehicles at the
border were also intensely shelling the area.The shelling continued sporadically for eight hours, during which two
Palestinian children were killed:1.'Abdullah Suleiman al-Gharabli,
14, shot by a live bullet in the head; and2.Haitham Sa'id Nattat, 17, hit
by an artillery shell that cut his head.In addition, 11 Palestinian civilians, including 7
children, were wounded:1.Mohammed Marwan al-Rikhawi, 15,
wounded by a live bullet in the buttocks;2.'Abdul Hadi Nayef al-Haj, 13,
seriously wounded by a live bullet in the left thigh;3.'Omar 'Ata Barhoum, 11, wounded
by a live bullet in the right thigh;4.Yasser 'Aadel Huneif, 13,
wounded by shrapnel in the neck;5.Mohammed No'man Abu Nada, 14,
critically wounded by a live bullet in the back;6.Hanin Ibrahim al-Kurd, 7,
wounded by shrapnel in the right thigh;7.Zaher Jamal al-Moghayar, 8,
wounded by shrapnel in the head;8.Fayez Hamad 'Abed Hammad, 27,
wounded by shrapnel in the right arm;9.Ibrahim al-Hams, 17, wounded by
shrapnel in the neck;10.Hudia Mohammed Shaqfa, wounded
by a live bullet in the arms; and11.Ahmed Yousef al-Satari, 19,
wounded by shrapnel in the back.

At approximately 02:00, Israeli occupying forces at the
Palestinian-Egyptian border, south of Rafah, shelled Palestinian residential
areas in the vicinity of Salah al-Din Gate, adjacent to the border.As a result of the two-hour shelling,
40-year-old Yousef Ahmed Radwan was wounded by shrapnel in the right arm, and a
number of houses were damaged.In an apparent willful killing, Israeli occupying forces
shot dead a Palestinian child in al-Bireh.According to information available for PCHR, at approximately 08:40,
'Abdul Salam Fawzi 'Abdul Rahman Samarin, 11, from al-Bireh, left his family
house in al-Shurafa area at Ramallah-Jerusalem road.Ten minutes later, he met two of his
friends.They alls stood approximately
10 meters from an Israeli tank.Samarin
picked up a stone, and as soon as he raised his head, an Israeli soldier on the
tank fired at him.He was wounded.Immediately, he was evacuated to hospital,
but he succumbed to his wound.According
to Palestinian medical sources, the child was hit by six live bullets in
several parts of the body.At approximately 16:00, Israeli occupying forces at the
Palestinian-Egyptian border, south of Rafah, shelled Palestinian residential
areas in the vicinity of Salah al-Din Gate, adjacent to the border.Four Palestinian civilians were wounded:1.Khaled Sa'id Qeshta, 44,
wounded by a live bullet in the left arm;2.Cana'an Mohammed Hamdan, 34,
wounded by shrapnel in the head;3.Yousef Hamed Bahloul, 65,
wounded by shrapnel in the abdomen, while he was in his fuel station in the
area; and4.Mohammed 'Omar Mahmoud 'Omar,
55, wounded by shrapnel in the abdomen.At the same time, Israeli occupying forces, reinforced
with three heavy military vehicles and a bulldozer, moved approximately 400m
into Palestinian areas north of "Kfar Darom" settlement in the east
of Deir al-Balah.They raided a
200-square-meter, two-story house owned by Asa'ad Kamel Bashir.They searched the house and held its 10
residents in one room.Then, they
mounted its roof and remained there until 07:00 on the following day.The Israeli bulldozer also razed areas of
Palestinian agricultural land.Late at night, Israeli occupying forces, reinforced by heavy military vehicles and supported by combat helicopters, invaded al-Tuffah neighborhood in the north of Gaza City. They intensely shelled the area, killing a handicapped man and a policewoman and wounding three other civilians. They also destroyed a number of workshops and damaged a number of houses and civilian facilities. According to PCHR's investigation, at approximately 22:30, Israeli occupying forces surrounded al-Tuffah neighborhood. They seized control over the main roads leading to the neighborhood. Approximately an hour later, they moved into the neighborhood and raided a number of houses. They transformed a number of those houses into military bases. They indiscriminately shelled the area, killing Ahmed Mahmoud Lubbad, 49, mentally handicapped from al-Daraj neighborhood, who was walking near a workshop, when an Israeli heavy military vehicle fired at him. He received several medium caliber bullets in the left eye, the chest, the abdomen and the limbs. He bled to death. Ambulances could evacuate his body to hospital only at 03:30 on the following day. Samira Mohammed Khamis al-Dihdar, 33, a policewoman, was killed by a live bullet in the head, while she was in her family's house, trying to calm down children of the family. According to eyewitnesses, Israeli soldiers fired at her from the house of Khalil 'Aatef Khalil Sarsour, which was seized by Israeli forces, approximately 60m away from her family's house. No one knew about the presence of Israeli soldiers in that house as electricity was cut and the windows were closed. In addition three civilians were wounded:1. Sa'id Daoud al-Rifi, 35, wounded by shrapnel from an artillery shell in the left foot;2. Ward 'Ali Abu Rashed, 19, wounded by a live bullet in the right thigh; and3. Hakema 'Awad al-Tarfawi, 21, wounded by a live bullet in the right knee. Israeli occupying forces also destroyed a number of workshops.

In addition, a number of workshops and civilian
facilities were severely damaged.At approximately 05:00, Israeli occupying forces moved into Jenin refugee camp and imposed a curfew. They raided the house of Hussein Ahmed Fayed. Two floors of the three-story house had already been demolished by Israeli occupying forces on 9 April 2002, while the 11-member family lived on the first floor. Israeli forces planted bombs in the first floor and destroyed it. The owner is father of Amjad and Mohammed Fayed, who were killed by Israeli occupying forces on 3 April 2002, during an invasion into the refugee camp. In the evening, Israeli occupying forces moved into Tulkarm refugee camp. They raided the house of Mahmoud ‘Abed Rabbu, and arrested his two sons: ‘Abdul Rahman, 29, and Ahmed, 28. When Israeli forces withdrew from the area, they informed the family that the two brothers would remain in custody until their brother Tariq, wanted by those forces, surrendered.